The hypothesis statement, Children in elementary school who exercise at least 5 hours a week are more popular in school than children who do not exercise at least 5 hours a week, illustrates which type of hypothesis statement?
A) Null hypothesis
B) Nondirectional
C) Directional
D) Correlational

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This is a directional hypothesis statement because it specifies a direction of the relationship between exercise and popularity (i.e. stating that children who exercise at least 5 hours a week are more popular than those who do not). The null hypothesis would be the opposite of this statement (i.e. there is no difference in popularity between children who exercise and those who do not). A correlational hypothesis statement would describe a relationship between two variables without specifying a direction.

The Hypothesis Statement, Children in Elementary School Who Exercise at Least